The more that female foundation doctors see of senior female doctors during placements, the more likely they are to choose to train in that specialty, research has found Institute for Fiscal Studies bmj.com/content/385/bm…

The NHS in England has delivered four times as many measles, mumps, and rubella vaccines to 5 to 25 year olds in the first 12 weeks of 2024 (75 499) as it did in the same period in 2023 (18 433), the latest data show
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Disability advocates and the family of a tetraplegic patient in Quebec are calling for an independent inquiry after a four day stay on an emergency department stretcher left him with a pressure ulcer so painful that he opted for medically assisted death
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🔬 What are the new routes available to early and mid-career doctors that can enable research active careers? 🔬

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Medics are surrounded by grief throughout their careers.

This week's episode of the #SharpScratch podcast features Hilary Williams, who discusses navigating grief.

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Demystify diplopia with this how-to guide for assessing patients presenting with double vision Twish
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'There is an official campaign against science and thinking.'

Argentina’s healthcare system is under threat from the dengue crisis and its president’s systematic dismantling of science.

Martín De Ambrosio reports
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A financially healthy tobacco industry is fundamentally incompatible with the ultimate goal of ending the tobacco epidemic.

Ruth E Malone on the reasons why tobacco companies should have no role in providing education for health professionals
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The harms of alcohol are being minimised in industry funded education, find madlen davies and Hristio Boytchev in a new #BMJInvestigation

Universities and schools are urged to join a movement that seeks to drive out the alcohol industry from public health advice
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Medical education provider Medscape has bowed to pressure and agreed to permanently remove a series of medical education courses on smoking cessation funded by the tobacco industry giant Philip Morris International, The BMJ and The Examination finds
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New Research highlights the potential benefit of combining GLP-1 receptor agonists and SGLT-2 inhibitors to prevent cardiovascular and renal events in the treatment of type 2 diabetes
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#Infertility affects one in six people in their lifetime yet remains a neglected global health problem.

Equitable access to fertility care must be recognised as a human right so that it can be better balanced with other societal needs, argues Analysis
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'I may be his caregiver but he has also given me so much.'

David Kang shares his experience as a caregiver for his brother with profound autism
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'In England and Northern Ireland, we have a key opportunity to give children equal protection from assault.'

Clarity in the law and removal of the 'reasonable punishment' defence is needed to reduce family violence, says Professor Andrew Rowland CF 💙 RCPCH
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'As evidence mounts for the effect of minimum pricing on reducing alcohol consumption, those countries holding out are basing their reluctance on other factors, such as a cosy relationship with big alcohol.'

Rebecca Coombes in our latest Editor's Choice bmj.com/content/385/bm…

'It’s tempting to think that medical activism is new, but it isn’t.'

@johnlauner looks at the distinguished history of doctors putting their medical careers and reputations at risk by making social action a priority
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Diabetes UK is to go ahead with its partnership with the weight loss company Slimming World, despite concern expressed by its advisory groups and others representing people with diabetes
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The public interest in Canada’s national pharmacare is undeniable.

Public health demands it, now policy makers must deliver it, says this Editorial
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Short term, low dose prescription opioids after the first trimester of pregnancy seem relatively safe in terms of neuropsychiatric disorders in children, finds new study.

But caution is needed for higher doses over longer periods, say experts
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Public health experts are calling for a ban on alcohol industry funded education programmes in UK universities and schools, which they say normalise drinking and downplay the harms of alcohol.

Watch May van Schalkwyk explain why

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